This is the ninth in a series of Nature Notes columns on Frederick County’s trees. Discover Frederick’s diverse array of trees on a self-guided walking tour. To see all of the trees, it should take ...

Best known for the graceful loosely curling shape of its branches, the Salix matsudana, commonly known as curly willow, is also known as the corkscrew willow, Pekin willow, Hankow willow, twisted-twig ...

Fifteen years ago, there was no noticeable problem with invasive Carolina willows at Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. That changed. Corkscrew’s marshes and prairies, once dominated by diverse ...

An interesting plant in both look and texture is the Scarlet Curls corkscrew willow (Salix x ‘Scarcuzam’). This willow can grow as a tree, with one or multiple trunks, or as a multi-stemmed shrub. All ...

The Salix matsudana is commonly called curly willow because of the loosely curling shape of its branches. It is also known as the corkscrew willow, Pekin willow, Hankow willow, twisted-twig willow and ...

Willows are among the more interesting shrubs and trees, especially this time of year, when soft, gray pussycats curl up along their stems. Willows have other weirdnesses, too: Just look at the form ...

One of the chief menaces to Audubon's beloved Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is an unexpected foe. Most of Florida's invasive plant villains are exotics like melaleuca, Brazilian pepper, Old World climbing ...

Sally Stein plods through a knee-deep section of Lost Lake as flocks of black-bellied whistling ducks launch into the clear blue sky. Surrounded by a massive strand of budding cypress, Stein slides ...

The recent high winds we’ve seen have damaged Virginia’s oldest and largest corkscrew willow tree. It sits along the Dora Trail in Pulaski. Arborists estimate it’s about 150 years old, which is very ...